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Review by Jimmy

"She was really thorough and kind! I feel like I will learn a lot from her!"

San Francisco, CA teacher:
Diane C.

Review by Eric

"Had a great first lesson with Monique. She's well organized and has clear objectives in her lesson plan. She's also flexible and recognizes when to move

on more quickly or spend a little time reinforcing a topic."

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San Francisco, CA teacher:
monique K.

Review by Sammie

"In the past two years, Laurel has helped me develop my reading and writing skills significantly as well as build graduate level vocabularies. She is very

patient and sensitive to my needs, and she always makes our lessons fun! If you need help with the MCAT, GRE, LSAT, or any other graduate school entrance exams, I am sure Laurel will help you nail them and achieve your dreams!"

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San Francisco, CA teacher:
Laurel T.

Review by Agnes

"I've been speaking english for many years, however I wanted to improve my speech, vocabulary and fluency in order to perform better at job interviews. Lau

rel helped me learn how to form coherent sentences when I talk, and now I speak with more confidence. The best part is that I finally got a job! Laurel is a wonderful teacher, very knowledgeable; I was always looking forward to her classes."

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San Francisco, CA teacher:
Laurel T.

Review by Gus Agudelo

"Lella is a fantastic instructor. She's been very helpful in my pronunciation and comprehension of Chinese and is also a lot of fun to work with. I'd highl

y recommend her."

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San Francisco, CA teacher:
Lella L.

Review by Ari

"Marie is a dedicated, giving and conscientious instructor. Students really benefit from her time and expertise."

San Francisco, CA teacher:
Marie M.

Review by Lucas

"She is challenging and she is always trying to see if I learned something or not. She is helpful in times of need (for learning), she is strict on places

where you need to be strict on."

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San Francisco, CA teacher:
monique K.

Review by Isreal

"Only had one lesson so far but she's good with kids"

San Francisco, CA teacher:
Lella L.

Review by Zoe

"She was patient as this was our first lesson with Lella for our 7-year old daughter and our daughter froze up and would barely participate."

About Lars R.

About Lars

I began to teach guitar at 16 years of age. I have taught seven- to 60-year-old students in a wide variety of styles. From age 12 to 21 I took private guitar lessons regularly. Now, I have a lesson every once in a while. I studied jazz guitar primarily with Randy Vincent, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's greatest guitar players. Aside from teaching lessons as a job, I have played guitar in many concerts and continue to do so. Before moving to San Francisco for university studies, I gained a lot of experience and valuable education with guitar. I played in the jazz bands in Junior High and High School. I went to four years of a week-long summer jazz camp called Jazz Camp West, where I took classes, played open mics and had fun with many musicians, making some good friends. I hold BA degrees in Music (Jazz Guitar) and Spanish, as well as

an MA in Music, from San Francisco State University. By now, I am confident in working with whatever musical material students offer! Thank you.

*** Lesson Details ***I am a laid back teacher, but I definitely expect students to practice what I suggest they practice. I advise that students use method books or sheet music of some sort, and I will certainly make notes for them and create materials they can learn from. I always teach based on the goals of the student and what type of music they enjoy, but I also like to guide the student in a direction I think would benefit them. I usually introduce music to play right away, conforming of course to the skill level and interest of the student. I now a play seven-string guitar that differs from the standard six-string guitar in that it has one string lower than the low E of a six-string. It will be practical to aide students by accompanying with a bass range instrument.

*** Specialties ***GuitarMy guitar roots are mainly Jazz, but I am always happy to employ a very wide range of styles. I work with both modal and tonal musical styles.

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Reviews

Emma December 23, 2017·Acoustic Guitar·Online

Very patient with me.

Maria S. October 8, 2017·Acoustic Guitar·Online

Jackson July 29, 2017·Guitar·In home

Lars came to the session on time, and was very patient with my son. He took the time to listen and gave helpful tips on becoming a better player. I would recommend him!

Lars R.

Lars R.

About Janet B.

About Janet

I'm an experienced tutor and coach in English (reading, writing, grammar, composition), government, political science, law and LSAT prep.

I can help you improve your grades or advance your career. I have a great deal of experience working with ESL learners, including speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean.

I can teach you how to write effective essays, academic papers, business presentations, website copy, marketing material, correspondence, emails, business plans, executive summaries, resumes, and many other types of writing. I have helped my students prepare successfully for the TOEFL, TOEIC, and a number of other exams. I'm also available for quick editing and proofreading assignments.

If you're a law or paralegal student, I can teach substantive legal topics, legal writing and research skills, and exam prep. I ca

n also help business students with business law courses.

Contact me, and I'll design a tutoring plan that best suits your needs!

If you select me as a tutor, please contact me before scheduling a specific lesson date and time, if possible. It's easier for both of us to confirm times in advance!

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Janet B.

Janet B.

About Olga C.

About Olga

I am very excited to share great news: 2 of my students took Certificate of Merit exam this spring. Both passed with honors. They also did 99% and 100% in their Music Theory tests.

You can see Olga perform role of Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly by Puccini with West Bay Opera (Palo Alto) in May 2016. Described by critics as "flawless in her singing" (Cultural World Bilingual ), "natural singer with beautiful colors...sings wonderfully, communicating the excesses of passion and emotion, the quick contrasts of mood , with grace and conviction" (San Jose Mercury News); possessing “a pure, strong soprano with phrasing of sumptuous elegance” (San Francisco Chronicle), " dazzling high notes are piercing without being ugly" (San Francisco Classical Voice), "beauty of her voice is outstanding...it has power to set the theater ringing, but it

also has a wealth of color... Her stage presence...is magnetic" (Peninsula Reviews), "Her mezzo tones...evoked memories of Maria Callas' spell-binding rendition" (San Jose Mercury News), Olga was announced the Best Leading Female Singer in North East in season 2006-2007 by Opera Online.A native of Russia, she appeared on the stages of the Bolshoi Opera (Maria in Mazeppa, Prilepa in Pique Dame, Brigitta in Iolanta, Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress, Musetta in La Boheme, to name a few), Kazan Opera Theater (Mimi in La Boheme), Stanislavsky Opera Theater (Micaela in Carmen), and Malmo Opera Theater in Sweden (Musetta) before emigrating to the U.S.A., where she appeared with Hawaii Opera Teater as Mimi in La Boheme, San Francisco Lyric Opera in title role of Aida, West Bay Opera and DiCapo Opera in New York in the title role of Manon Lescaut, Opera San Jose and Illinois Opera Theater as Tosca, and with Cedar Rapids Opera, Gold Coast Opera，Golden Gate Opera and Opera North as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, with San Francisco Opera Merola Program and Tampa Opera as Musetta in La Boheme. In autumn of 2009 she appeared in Cairo as Tosca and, in spring of 2010 debuted it Italy at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo as Carlotta in Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten, where she returned following summer in the title role of Aida. From 2006 till 2010 Olga performed with touring company Teatro Lirico d’Europa all over United States in multiple performances of Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, Carmen，La Boheme, Turandot, Le Nozze di Figaro, I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana. Olga appeared in title roles with local opera companies like Opera San Jose (Tosca)，;; West Bay Opera (Manon Lescaut, La Forza del Destino), Livermore Opera (I Pagliacci), Martinez Opera (Madama Butterfly), Golden Gate Opera (Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica, I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana), San Francisco Opera Company (Aida) Olga appeared with Orchestra Sinfonica Romana at the concert stage of Santa Cecilia in Rome and Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Verdi Requiem, Quatar with Gala concerts, Opera Santa Barbara in an evening of music by Giocomo Puccini, DiCapo Opera (Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini), in Russia at the Nizhny Novgorod Concert Hall for Bach’s Mass in B-minor, at the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory for Mahler’s Sympony No. 4 and for Orff’s Carmina Burana, Moscow’s Cathedral Catholic Church for Bach’s Easter Oratorio, as a featured soloist for both the Notti Musicali Modenesi Festival and Costa Rica’s XIII Festival de Musica Credomatic; and as a featured soloist for the political-cultural event entitled “Days of Russian Culture in Bulgaria, jointly sponsored by the Russian and Bulgarian Ministries of Culture and attended by the presidents of both countries.In 2002 Olga participated in San Francisco Opera Center Merola Opera Program for young singers and sang Musetta with Western Opera on tour.

Currently Olga devotes herself to voice teaching and performs locally."

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Reviews

Yachen August 29, 2017·Singing·In home

The lesson was very helpful! I look forward to more!

Jim F. May 27, 2017·Singing·In studio

Too early to tell how it will go.

Jason September 3, 2016·Singing·In studio

Olga is a kind, patient instructor. We are glad to have her as our singing teacher.

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Olga C.

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Olga C.

San Mateo, CA 94401

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starting at

$40
/ 30-min

About Kenisha C.

About Kenisha

Focusing on your different learning modalities, goals, abilities, and interests helps me boost your confidence, which helps you achieve their academic goals. My tutoring and test prep students become optimally prepared for tests. Knowing tricky grammatical and mechanical principles or determining probabilities may not be necessary in communicating basic ideas, but that knowledge makes a big difference in your class placements, and it makes an even bigger difference when competing for college placements and scholarships. Show me a rightly placed preposition, and I'll show you the money.

While I love a good challenge, it's still heartbreaking to be approached by students (or parents of students) who earn A's and B's at school, but can't earn 850 on the SAT, or who take an ESL course, but can't (or are afraid) to speak English (when nece

ssary to meet a goal). There are goals and standards to be met, and I do whatever I can to help you meet or exceed them.

To help personalize your experiences and ensure relevance of sessions:1. Written and oral assessments are used to gauge your strengths and weaknesses. 2. Periodic quizzes are administered; their regularity depends on the how often you meet with me. 3. Exit exams are administered at the end of your programs.

All I ask is that you are ready to:1. Shift your priorities, and invest adequate time and energy into getting the results you really want.2. Be on time.3. Openly communicate your needs, pleasures, and nots.4. Understand that while you may notice improvements as early as the first session, total success will take time.

I have a degree in English (with special emphasis on secondary education), and an ESL certification. My 10+ years in the educational arena, and ongoing professional development, have taught me the importance of helping students shift from lower- to higher-order thinking, which is really only coaching you to learn to want to think about the synergy of things, before deciding and acting on them. Primarily, I teach English and language arts at the secondary and post-secondary levels (i.e., middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adults), but I have a knack for teaching math and algebra, so I offer lessons in those areas, as well. Prepping students for standardized tests -- GRE, SAT, ACT, HSPT, CBEST, CSET: English -- is a love a mine, too.

Whether for summer or winter enrichment, test prep, help with the naturalization exam, or just a general safety net, be sure to contact me, and we can determine how to work together to create the results you or your child need.

Peace and best,Kenisha

P.S., Be sure to bring all of who you are to your sessions. Creased, crumpled, crimped, or saggy: I don't care. Just be ready to do better.

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Reviews

margot March 7, 2018··In studio

My grand-daughter has benefitted greatly from the loving, but firm, support Kenisha has given her.
I am grateful for Kenisha's attention to detail, and excellent follow-up which helped my grand-daughter organize her work, and believe in herself.

Yvette December 11, 2017·SAT·In studio

Ms. Kenisha was amazing with my son. Being high level functioning but on the autism spectrum, Ms. Kenisha made my son comfortable in an unfamiliar environment, and tailored a learning curriculum that fit his physical and comprehensive needs. His SAT scores increased significantly from his first attempt because of this one on one tutoring. Ms. Kenisha was timely to our sessions, flexible when we had to change a day at the last minute, and the cost was worth the outcome so much so, we added extra sessions. Ms. Kenisha has a calm and patient disposition, is knowledgeable, and she knows how to engage the student. I would highly recommend Ms. Kenisha and her services.

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Kenisha C.

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Kenisha C.

Oakland, CA 94612

(2)

starting at

$59
/ 60-min

About Diane C.

About Diane

Bonjour! Hello! I have been teaching on and off for many years, usually on a one-to-one basis; I taught teenagers and adults. I tailor my lessons to each student's individual needs and I am always ready to go above and beyond the basic lesson. I try to make learning a language fun and alive, through news, stories, and songs. My graduate educational background is in architecture, followed by an MBA in finance. My mother tongue is English; but I learned French at the age of nine when I attended my first French school. I have a French high school diploma (Baccalauréat) and architecture degree. I also attended high school in Germany, in a German high school, for several years. Learning languages was a necessity in my childhood, and I love learning, even if by now it is more difficult to become fluent in a new language. I think the fact

of being a lifelong learner helps me better understand my students' needs. As an avid reader since childhood, my spelling has always been excellent, and I worked as a proofreader. I look forward to helping my students reach their language goals.

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Reviews

Daria January 19, 2018·French·Online

Jimmy T. December 9, 2017·French·Online

She was really thorough and kind! I feel like I will learn a lot from her!

About Hanna

Hanna L.

Hanna L.

About Rasta M.

About Rasta

My name is Rasta. I graduated from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) in the major of Computer Hardware Engineering and I am going to pursue my graduate studies here in the United States. I had the second best GPA among all my classmates in university. I was born and grew up in Tehran and now it's about eight months that I moved to the United States. I studied in Kherad high school, which is one of the bests. Since 2013, the first year of my university, I started to teach. At first, I taught Math and Geometry to high school students. Then, I became TA for more than 4 courses in my university. So, I have many experiences in teaching. I am very social and patient which I think are the essential parts of a good teacher.

About Zimo Z.

About Zimo

Zimo Z.

Zimo Z.

About Jonathan R.

About Jonathan

I am really funny, fun to learn with, unique Deaf's perspective, and fluently in America Sign Language. I have lot of experiences with 1 on 1 tutor since Gallaudet University. I was part time student and working part time while attending there.

Unique about me; I am the fifth Deaf generation in my family and second generation of America Sign Language Instructor. I absolutely love sign language and proud!!! I even love doing ASL Storytelling and ASL music translating videos. I am willing to work with you and I believe anyone can success if you believe in yourself. I believe in people can be work together by learning sign language. I know I am qualified for this work.

I have dual majors: America Sign Language and Deaf Studies; minor study in Theatre Arts for the Youth. Graduated in Gallaudet University 2014.

I know and confidence, you will enjoy learning sign language with me!

I hope to meet and see you all become ALLIES/ or involved with Deaf/ Hard of Hearing children in the future. Thank you.

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